User talk:Roy Biv

Hello, Roy Biv, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions. I am M1ss1ontomars2k4, and I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers (or users in general, really):

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Rangers article

Hi mate. I am new here and am a big Rangers fan, I take it that these are all Celtic fans that are vandalising the page? Can you not ban them or lock the page or something? Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 01:17, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi mate. Only administrators can protect pages I'm afraid. If this keeps up some admin will protect it eventually. Forbsey 01:23, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to intrude, but if you feel you've got a case you can request semi-protection at WP:RfP. --M1ss1ontom a rs2k4 ^{(T | C | @)} 04:34, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Walters article

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Mark Walters. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. 59.3.87.102 13:03, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think your warning is misguided and is just a reaction to me warning you, for your blatant vandalism to the article. --Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 13:50, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam

Spam doesn't necessarily meet speedy deletes anymore. Example: {{db-spam}} Yanksox 15:24, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Donald Findlay

Hi, I have tried to improve this article. I noticed that you had previously edited it. Do you think it is more balanced now? --Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 16:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to be. Good work mate. Forbsey 11:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:82.46.10.9

Hi ~~AndyZ~~ Sir Roy Biv. You recently left the {{blatantvandal}} message on this user's talkpage after his/her edits to Mark Walters. Please note that this message is intended for 'extreme or obscene vandalism' only: in cases of milder vandalism such as this it is preferible to walk through {{test}} to {{test4}} so as to avoid biting a newbie unnecessarily. Thanks! --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch\^talk 16:50, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, sorry, I left the same message for AndyZ and forgot to change the first sentence for you! Anyway, I am watching the user and will block if he carries out any more vandalism -- however, he's not made any edits in the last hour and a half, so with any luck he's got the message and given up. --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch\^talk 17:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Offensive usernames: per Wikipedia:Username policy 'Wikipedia does not allow potentially inflammatory or offensive user names'; however, I'm not sure the specific example you quote is sufficiently 'inflammatory or offensive' for this to apply. --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch\^talk 17:52, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, ok, I'm not familiar with the song in question so didn't recognise a reference to it. I'll leave a note on the user's talkpage asking him to voluntarily change his username. --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch\^talk 18:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Rangers TV

I noticed that you previously merged the Rangers_TV article with the Rangers F.C. article. I have reversed this change and improved the Rangers_TV article. I did this because there is a Celtic_TV article. --Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 04:31, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem here. If you check the previous page in the history, Rangers TV had been PROD'd. Thanks. — RJH (talk) 00:05, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fenian

I don't want to get into an edit war over this article, but the state of the article prior to my edit was an absolute disgrace.

As far as my 'POV' goes, I despise racism and sectarianism is our (Scotland's) main problem in this regard. I don't distinguish between the two 'sides' in the sectarianism divide; I loathe the bigots on both sides equally. I have edited both the Celtic and Rangers' articles to lose any kind of hate-speech, and it was my idea to insert the "Old Firm and sectarianism" section into both articles, which was fairly hard-won but I think has been a success.

"Fenian" as a historical term is perfectly OK. In the modern context, in both NI and Scotland, it is really only used as an insult. We have to be careful with how articles on epithets are handled; I think the policies on verifiability need to be especially strictly appled here. I'm going to strip out all of the controversial stuff. If it is important to you to restore it, please restore it with references, and also with careful regard to the policy WP:NPOV.

Best wishes, --Guinnog 19:24, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Username change

As you requested, your username has now been changed from Sir Roy Biv to Roy Biv. Redux 05:01, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strachan, Moyes, MacLeod

I am baffled. Please explain. Angus McLellan (Talk) 14:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was indeed. I'm a bit puzzled at Mr Framarin's insistence on categorising everyone under the sun by religion. It has resulted in weird stuff like "catholic" (small c) Robert Burns becoming Roman Catholic, atheist Richard Burton (the actor) being a Presbyterian. Best of all was Robert the Bruce (if I remember right, somebody famous and pre-Martin Luther) being a Roman Catholic. Worth keeping an eye on. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, this guy likes to label people by religion in a big way. David Coultard is a Presbyterian, and Catherine Zeta Jones is a Catholic, you learn something new every day. --Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 23:07, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3rr

You have just broken the three-revert rule with your edit on Fenian. Please undo (self-revert) your last edit.

As I already asked in the article's talk page, please discuss and obtain consensus for any future edits you do to the article, as well as providing proper evidence that anything you add is verifiable. Thanks.

Here are the edits:

--Guinnog 18:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have given new evidence in the talk page, so I refuse to change the article. --Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 18:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You do not have consensus for your edits either? I added a source, someone else reverted to your previous verion because they disagreed that a film was considered a good source for the use of a film. You are the only person to have objected to my reverts. --Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 18:09, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You don't understand, read the rule, it is not relevant that you have given new evidence in the talk page.

"If you violate the three-revert rule, after your fourth revert in 24 hours, sysops may block you for up to 24 hours." Last time, please take it down. --Guinnog 18:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

no, you take it down. --Roy Biv ( talk • contribs ) 18:11, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can I be clear, contrary to "The user complaining has previously been rude to me, accusing me of all sorts." I have never been rude to you or accused you of anything. --Guinnog 18:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User notice: temporary 3RR block

Regarding reversions[5] made on June 28 2006 (UTC) to Fenian

You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future.

The duration of the block is 24 hours. William M. Connolley 18:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock

Request denied. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:28, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: ROY BIV

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Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland

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